BTS’ Suga positive for Covid-19 on Christmas Eve; fans flock to Twitter, Weverse to share well wishes for the K-pop star

The 28-year-old K-pop rapper and songwriter, newly back from the boy band’s US trip, is not showing any Covid-19 symptoms following his positive test result

BTS fans shared well wishes on social media for the star, who has had two vaccine shots, with ‘GetwellsoonSuga’ and ‘Get Well Yoongi’ trending on Twitter

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BTS’ Suga tested positive for Covid-19 while quarantining after returning from the band’s concert tour to the United States. Photo: Instagram

Published: 4:15pm, 24 Dec 2021Updated: 12:17pm, 26 Dec 2021

BTS member Suga has tested positive for Covid-19 after travelling to the United States, the South Korean band’s music label reported on Friday.

BigHit Music made the announcement on its artist-to-fan social media platform Weverse, which confirmed reports that the rapper-songwriter had tested positive for the coronavirus while in self-quarantine after returning from the K-pop boy band’s US trip.

BigHit also confirmed the 28-year-old star, legally known as Min Yoon-gi, is asymptomatic and received his second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in August.

Suga, who had been tested for Covid-19 multiple times over the past few weeks, was self-quarantining when the positive result came in. He has not recently been in contact with any of the other BTS members.

BTS performed a series of concerts in the US at the end of November and in early December, and have officially been on holiday since then. Suga returned to South Korea on December 23 and tested positive on Christmas Eve.